Self Quotes

I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.

There is a self-evident axiom, that she who is born a beauty is half married.

The road to nowhere leads to me.

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly.

Sometimes we just need a space that gives us permission to be the best, most full version of our artistic selves, and we flourish.

In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants.

You are not feeling empty because you don't have much money. You are feeling empty because you have not yet encountered your real self, you have not come to your authentic individuality.

All science has one aim, namely, to find a theory of nature.

Do not you see that every misfortune is misconduct; that every honour is desert; that every effort is an insolence of your own?...You carry your fortune in your own hand.

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.

Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun.

And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim.

Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not.

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.

The masses have no habit of self-reliance or original action.

Faith is in the soul. Belief is thought. Faith is so rich. Faith gives me my spiritual self.

The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves determine the quality of the selves we imagine we are. The stories we tell about others determine the quality of our relationships with them.

I think it is in the nature of individuals and individual entities not to self-correct.

I think the industry can probably self-correct without regulation, but I don't believe an individual outlet can regulate itself.

I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid?

A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.

A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing.

Since we cannot promise our selves constant health, let us endeavour at such temper as may be our best support in the decay of it.

I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.

The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the long run, these are the only people who count.

Son, the phrase is self-contradictory; "sense" is never "common".

All my enemies are self-appointed.

If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!

We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection

You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest.

Every day ask yourself, "What would I do today if I were a better person?

Though confined to our destiny, we do get to pick the color scheme.

That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own, For neither praise nor self: Content to know and be unknown: Whole in himself.

Every human being has the potential for greatness.

Say yes to your self. Say no to your anti-self.

Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.

As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.

Self-education only produces expressions of self.

Job security is a myth...it is also risky for self-employed people in my opinion. If they get sick, injured, or die, their income is directly impacted.

Cultivate peace of mind which does not separate one's self from one's surroundings. When that is done successfully, then everything else follows naturally.

I was much happier when I had less responsibility... when my only responsibility was to my work and to myself.

With the knowledge of her aloneness came a rush of self-declaration: “I will not be nothing.”

The boundaries of your life are merely a creation of the self.

Never get into the petty habit of measuring yourself worth against other people's net worth.

Im a firm believer that actors take to work who they arent at home. People show their other self in their art or in their work.

Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance